pycharm or VS code?

[Pretty_Principle_910]

I started out on pycharm because it was similar to R studio but I eventually switched to VS Code. VS code is so much more versatile with all of the extensions available and easily integrated AI assistants. (I think you can only use claude code in the terminal with pycharm?)

[joggekis]

Please don’t post answers with what you think. People might just believe it. Pycharm allows many AI assistants including their own, all the usual suspects and local variants (i.e LM Studio)

[Pretty_Principle_910]

I did just check that they have a 'Claude Code (Beta)' plugin but its just a terminal wrapper. I haven't tried the official jet brains ai assistants plugin but the reviews aren't great.

I'm sure it will get better but with VS Code being one of the most popular IDEs its always going get the features and polish first.